TMGT The Maori of Mawhera (West Coast) Cobden, South Island, New Zealand
By gracie7 + Mum on 07-Sep-19. Waypoint GC8DDEC

We hope you enjoyed exploring and discovering the local history in the communities of Aoetearoa New Zealand. The Tuia Matauranga GeoTour has now ended. Thank you to the community for all the great logs, photos, and Favorite Points over the last 30 months. It has been so fun!

Think it's gone

Couldn't find this one.

Hint item seemed clear, but want where we expected it to be…

We searched all around in the grass and what not, but we still couldn’t find it.

As so many others said this was easy, we suspect this is missing.

Long crass down by river

I was led up the garden path towards the caves turned around at 118m to quickly spot the cache near the car. Tftc

Great cache in a very busy road but plenTy of off road parking. TFTC.

Found it, love the kiwi

Another nice quick find here. This cache was the last I needed of the TMGT caches to complete in the South Island. I'll need to revisit the paperwork to see just how many more I need to complete the whole tour. TFTC # 17,891

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Black robin

Tftc

Easy find on the way to the cave!

Kids found this one!! Nice

TFTC.a bit chilly today.

Found, full log to come.

Tftc, had a look inside little cave

What fun trying to retrieve and replace without muggles seeing. Traded a trinket. Tftc

Quick find thanks! Love the wee container!

Tftc

Such a great series found over the christmas period with xsaveya thank u for the code.
Great places to visitSee what Tiger did

Found this then explored the cave. I don’t remember it being that large!

Found on a family trip

#9321. Its Good Friday. The start of an Easter road trip to the South Island to pick up a swag of geotour caches in Canterbury, West Coast and Otago over the extended Easter break. Doing this trip with caching buddy Infoferret as we decided to share the cost of a rental car and fuel plus share the driving with the long distances planned for this trip. We hired a hybrid car and it was a good choice as it was economical but easily made it through all the long distances with no concerns over fuel tank capacity. Today we are heading to Hokitika via Hanmer Springs, Lewis Pass, Reefton and Greymouth (just 25 litres of fuel used for this day).

The daylight had run out by the time we got to Greymouth after spending quite a bit of time doing the adventure lab up at Brunner Bridge. So IF parked the car nearby and I walked back to the barrier. Found the cache in the first place checked. Signed the logbook and replaced everything as found. Thanks gracie7 + Mum for the cache and giving us yet another excuse to stop on the road to Hokitika.

After hunting at the wrong barrier, we retraced our steps, paid more attention and had cache in hand in no time. Took a wee wander along the river to the caves, very slippy but fun nonetheless! This has been a great way to explore The area. TFTC

Picking up a few caxhes about town I was intrigued by the cave, so gappens there id a cache here too. TFTC

It's hard to imagine that the Māori being in NZ a 1000 years ago,nice piece of history to read about..thanks Gracie7 +Mum for the cache's you have ....your efforts are appreciated

We parked in the freedom camping area and dodged cars to get over here. Better than trying to get the motor home in this tight parking spot. Lunch was beckoning so we didnt check out the cave. Thanks for the cache Gracie7 +mum

Time for my first of 2 visits over to clear up the TMGT and PWGT caches on the West Coast

Was a little unsure on how to get this, as I had parked away from the GZ, and there was a car parked by the intersection, as well as cars and trucks passing by. In the end I opted for the tie the shoelace then sit down to admire the view option, which worked just fine.

TFTC gracie7 + Mum, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 6 find(s) of 13 today, making this find #2475

Tyfc nice easy park and grab .

Great park n grab with blunsdon. Thank you for the cache

First one for the geo tour. With Tokerau

Park n Grab

Cute find in an interesting spot.

Took a few minutes of expoloring to locate and didnt locate caves unfortunately. But cache all good.
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Cool spot, thanks for the cache

Nice quick find. We enjoyed walking into the caves for a look. Not that keen to enter the caves though! Found with KCN. TFTC

Joined with Victoriousone for some caches on this side of the river. Found these multi’s to do and had them quickly worked out and found. Another on this your done.

Doing a road trip as I have to wait for my villa to be refurbished. What better way than doing a road trip geocaching. Thanks for placing and maintaining.

In the area for the day today and the TMGT caches are high on the priority list to finish off. A short walk across the bridge to this one, and another quick and easy find. Signed log, recorded code, TFTC,

Nice and easy except for having to wait for a break in the traffic. Tftc

I'm in Greymouth for a couple of nights, after hiking the Paparoa Track. I decided to hire a car today to get out and about, explore the area and grab a few caches. Made an early morning visit to this spot and made a quick find of the cache here. TFTC!

Nice find

Kerry found it

I found this cache while on a family holiday to the South Island. We had an amazing time covering more than 3000km and seeing some of the very best our country has to offer. We were very fortunate with the weather and enjoyed a wide range of experiences.

This was my second TNGT cache find of the evening. I took photos of all the logs as I went.

A quick stop on the way through

TFTC

Thank you for placing a cache here found with watcache on a south island adventure. TFTC

Found with NZDi. We are staying at Carters Beach Holiday Camp as a base for a few days geocaching on the Wet Coast. Todays plan is to head to Greymouth picking up as many roadside PnGs as we can, with a few more interesting excursions thrown into the mix.

This is our thirty-fifth cache of the day, and once again we met up with UlmusLynx. This time she still had the cache in-hand so we added our names to the log before she replaced it. We explained to her the significance of the TMGT series of caches and reminder her to record the TMGT code words for the souvenir, (something we promptly forgot to do at the next TMGT cache we found in Greymouth.

This was the last time we met UlmusLynx today, although we came across more of her logs in other caches we found.

A QEF PnG.

TFTC G7&M

Found while caching with Kiwimykl, refer to his log for details.

TFTC gracie7 + Mum

Quick find and my new geocaching mates turned up just in time to sign log. Tftc

Found with mangoambs while visiting Greymouth. Nice cache. Thank you

On a trip to the coast and caching along the way. Lovely spot. Found with everdene22. Tftc

In Greymouth for the weekend with lytteltonwitch. We came with a list - to find the TMGT caches, the Adventure Labs series and any other finds were bonuses.
We stopped here as we retiurned to Greymouth after a spectacular high-tide visit to Punakaiki.
Thank you for this cache, gracie7 + Mum.

A quick find and we finally had sunshine

Not too tricky to get, enough breaks in the traffic to not look too suss tftc! Hand a wander over to the cave too, next time I come this far south I'll bring a headlamp and appropriate clothes for an XPLOR

Thanks for putting out this cache for woolwood9 and I to find!??
SL **tm/ww NZ** (may just be a black smudge on the many wet or plastic logs)
*We soon had another good cache located!*

Nice to be away on another geocaching trip with tmann421, travelling to a few places in the upper South Island.
All logs signed tm/ww NZ
TFTC

Yayy finally stopped an got this one tftc ️

Quick find, tyftc

(# 6193). Day 12 of my South Island odyssey. Today is getting some caches around Greymouth as well as having a good look around. A quick find. Everything in order. TFTC

Reasonably quick find. Other? TFTC

Stopped here today for this geotour cache on my trip to finish off the south island caches
Very interesting series
TFTC

Arrived in Greymouth on Friday with Taybeedragon, Zara and Toby just in time for dinner after a VERY wet trip in from Reefton. This area is a great place, nice and level, so we left Zara here for the whole weekend. And it is still raining after dinner so I wait... and wait... and bugger this, dash out for a find of another nearby TMGT (the dragon having found it on an earlier trip). Later the rain stopped (and never really reappeared for the whole weekend) and so I headed off to this one as well. The cache location was obvious, but it took 5 minutes to retrieve - waiting for all those cars to go. A block in a bright read raincoat in the middle of the night futzing and highlighted in headlights - yeah, no. I don't think so. I waited for about 30 cars to go by before i felt I could retrieve the cache in safety. It was then that I remembered that this is a TMGT, and so was that other one I just found, so after uploading the codeword, I headed back to that other TMGT for a second find on this one, to get and upload its codeword.

Taybeedragon and I are off on another weekend's exploring - again! This time to the West Coast. the company owes me some time so we left Friday lunchtime. Lots of rain on the way down, but after that it was a nice cloudy-but-not-rainy weekend. It never rains on the West Coast when I come to visit!

Quick find after exploring the cave near by.

Day 5 of my 2020 NZE (New Zealand Experience).
(My apologies for the delayed logging but I'm in catch-up mode)

Seeing as I can't be in America right now, I'm touring around the South Island instead. During my time here I am aiming to find as many of the TMGT caches as I can (preferably all 41) and also as many Virtuals, Earthcaches and Letterbox Hybrids as possible, plus any Trads or others that will fill a hole in my D/T grid, my Jasmer grid, or else the last 3 remaining Hidden Dates on that grid.

Today was going to be one of my favourite drives, up the West Coast taking in all that wonderfully rugged coastal scenery between Greymouth and Westport. I've been lucky enough to do this route a few times, and it never fails to stir my sense of joy and wonderment.

But before I could get that started, there was the small matter of having to find the 5 local TMGT caches. This was my third cache for the day, and the easiest of the three attempted so far this morning. Parking was straightforward, and whilst there was the occasional car passing by, at this time of day there was plenty of space between them for a quick retrieval of the cache, and then replacement after I ad taken it a few metres away for ease of signing the log.

Thanks for placing this cache.

Thanks for the cache

We were passing here today so stopped to check on it on the way passed. The coordinates seemed abit off so we took another reading. The book is nice and dry and not quite halfway. All good here. Happy Caching

Coordinates changed from:
S 42° 26.735 E 171° 13.077

Coordinates changed to:
S 42° 26.741 E 171° 13.076

Distance from original: 36.8 feet or 11.2 meters.

We were here doing a random check and took a new reading. Hopefully this is better.

Lead astray by GPS but soon found.

We ended up on the wrong side of the road and had to make a careful dash across to grab the cache.
We took it a short distance away from the roadside to sign as we fell a bit conspicuous.
Our 89th find on the Geotour. TFTC.

Such a wonderful week in the south island. drove many miles and enjoyed finding the TMGT series od which is most interesting reading the history. many thanks to all the co's.

A nice quick park and grab. Thanks for this cache gracie7 + Mum

Wow I never knew any of that history. Nice easy find, left TB tftc gracie7 + Mum

#9586

Glad there was a place to pull in here off the road. Quick find about 10.30pm before going on to the last for the evening. TFTC.

Spending a couple of days in Greymouth to do TMGT caches and anything else that's around and relatively easy. Last TMGT over this way and Mrs S made the find here for a chance.

Thanks gracie7 + Mum. Enjoying doing this series and learning even more about our history.

After finding all the Survivor caches that had been published since our last visit to The Coast, we spent the last part of the afternoon finding the geotour caches around Greymouth. Parked quite close to this one and quickly saw where it had to be. The cache page speaks volumes about the cultural sensitivity of those times. TFTC

Quick easy find. TFTC.
What history wasn't expecting that.
Interesting place to come to, would of loved to have walked to the caves near by but didn't have the time to today.
Found with Mr&MrsNZAdventurer.

Thanks for the cache. Parking is close and an easy grab. A few things to see in the area.

Day Four Of Our Journey to South Island with Squirrel Nutcase.

Early start for today with travelling to the West Coast to pick up TMGT caches and any others on the way, then back to Christchurch to pick up up a few more before leaving for Bleinheim the next day.
Country side amazing, will have to come back some day and spend more time in the area.
Mission today completed.
SLTFTC

#17878. We've done the walk to the cave before (in search of a cache). No need for walking today. TFTC.

With Fap and Gap... Late last year, we started to plan for a trip to the South Island - The goal was to complete the TMGT trail.

Christchurch - Westport (Return): Today's trip was a total unknown. We estimated how long it was going to take to reach our destination, but we had no real idea about actual timing. We set our clocks for 6 AM, but we were up well before then... It was difficult to navigate the inner city streets in the dark, and we probably took a few wrong turns. Finally, the road signs started to point to the West Coast, and we were on the way. The flat Canterbury plains gave way to foothills and the Southern Alps. This is an amazing part of the country...

Mawhara Pa would have held a strategic position straddling both sides of the Grey River. A quick roadside find here, and another TMGT claimed. Thanks gracie7 + Mum and TFTC.

This is the last day of StreetWalkerNZ's and my extended Waitangi Day trip to the west coast, and we were pleased to see the day dawn dry and sunny, especially after the patches of rain yesterday.
After a cup of coffee and cheese scone at a local cafe, we were ready to tackle the remaining TMGT caches in Greymouth, as we had still to do the three across the river. This was the first stop. The GPSr was all over the show, but it was obvious where the cache was hidden. I liked the g+m signature embellishment on the container . Not the first finders today, we recognised the names of a couple of NI cachers. TFTC.

Now a quick walk across the road to get this one snagged and tagged. Cheers. Time to get dinner sorted.

Saturday 8 February. From Kumara Junction to Greymouth today. So lets go exploring.

Making a long weekend out of Waitangi Day exploring the West Coast with Zara Toby, Bullertrout and Bro. Its Waitangi Day today. Exploring Hokitika, Ross, Hokitika George, Lake Mahinapua, Lake Kaniere areas today. Great time and visited some amazing places. On the negative side got a speeding ticket in Hokitika and munched up Zaras nose.

Submitted via Garmin Live Geocaching

What a fabulous idea to share the history of our great country with both visitors and locals. We are slowly chipping away at the series.
Another day another province on the TMGT trail.
Nice quick find after an overnight stay, no problem with the find between passing traffic TFTC.

After spending the day up on the Denniston Plateau and collected this one as we approached Greymouth. TFTC

Found on a three day caching journey over to the West Coast. We really enjoyed the challenging hours spent in solving the many puzzle caches and now the signing off on the log books. We had a great spell of weather as we traveled along the many roads in the area. Many thanks to the various cache owners for placing and maintaining their caches. TFTC

Had a great day on the West Coast todya lots of km's walked, grabbed heaps of caches, and had a lot of fun. Many Thanks Bitsprayer

Team BOP on another crazy mission! Labour Weekend 2019 - flights were booked, plans were made - Waitangi Weekend certainly came around fast. The goal here in the South Island was a combination of Jasmer caches, CANZ Caches, some high favourites and of course - the 41 TMGT caches we’ve got left after clearing the North Island last month.

This tour has been so much more then a challenge or compulsion. The historical significance alone has made it worth the journey and I truly thank all the CO’s for helping to make this happen. TFTC, see you at the Mega ????

On a mission in the south island with a few of the team from the BOP grabbing the TMGT caches and a few older caches along the way.
Tftc.

On a road trip down south with the mates , primarily targeting TMGTs and high faves.

I am logging using the Cachly app template so please excuse generic logging along the way. It’s just my way of keeping track, but I do genuinely thank each and every one of you cache owners for taking the time and energy to place these cache. Many Thanks for bringing me here. Cheers.

On a road trip down south Mainly getting TMGTs and high favourites. Having lots of fun and seeing lots of places. Thanks to all the COs for some great caches TFTC

Sorry for the late log issue with finding WiFi. Found with yk83 Tftc

On holiday with my dad (Hole-in-one2) who is visiting from the UK, another nice quick find this morning, thankfully there was good parking here. TFTC

On the West Coast with Nosynel and Ethness. Signing logs as JEN. Cute container. Reminded me of smurfs! . Thanks for the history and cache. Took advantage of the cave proximity to check it out also.

Cute container. The insects are now complete. We're stopping for others but targeting the tour ones We had an ice cream in Kumara. After finding Under the Goal Posts and eating a delicious lunch at The Blackball Inn we continued geocaching. We stayed the night Greymouth. Look out my friend Ethness is in town. We have started our road trip with Jude-E. Tripple Trouble. Thanks gracie7 + Mum for placing this geocache it is find 8224 for me.

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A quick grab in-between passing geo mobiles. Love the container.

The second day of our road road trip and we are having lots of laughs, hunting hard and signing logs. Signed JEN as I am caching with Nosynel and Jude_E. TFTC and apologies for the generic log.

I could have made better choices with my parking, oh well! TFTC!!

On a road/bike trip with Ms M, heading south.
Out finding the local TMGT caches before we check in to our accommodation.
A quick park and grab here.
TFTC

A quick find in the very early morning after walking across the Grey River all the while sending a Viber photo of the sun rising on the river to my daughter in Paris. LOL. TFTC

Down to Christchurch for another weekend trip with boneybruce to pick up TMGT caches, and today's mission is to clear out the TMGT caches on the west coast, and pick up a few other interesting caches along the way. Another nice quick find today, in between cars going past. TFTC!!!

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